General Assembly is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association. Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend. The 2022 General Assembly will be June 22-26 in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Convention Center. In 2022, we will have the option of meeting online or in-person at the first multi-platform GA!
Registration and housing are open now!
All GA attendees and exhibitors are required to provide proof of Covid-19 vaccination for in-person attendance at General Assembly. In addition, masking is required regardless of changing CDC guidelines.
Be sure to stop by to see us in booth #313 in the exhibit hall, or visit our virtual booth on the Whova GA app!
*Note: We will continue to update this page as event details are confirmed. Please check back for more information.
Join us for the following events:
- Opening Celebration
- Friendship Lunch
- Starr King President’s Lecture
- Admissions Open Office Hours
- Service of the Living Tradition
- Unitarian Universalist Polity Course
- And more!
Admissions Open Office Hours
Daily, Wednesday 6/22/2022 – Sunday 6/26/2022, 9:00 – 10:00 AM PT
Online via Zoom
Each morning at General Assembly, Starr King Director of Admissions Matthew Waterman will hold open office hours for those interested in learning more about attending Starr King. Stop by the Starr King virtual booth on the Whova app for the Zoom link or click here to register.
Opening Celebration
Wednesday 6/22/2022, 3:30 – 6:00 PM PT
Oregon Convention Center Hall CD
The banner parade is a GA institution, and this year the tradition will be revamped for a multi-platform audience. There will be no processional, but banners will be displayed in the General Session Hall and the celebration will be live streamed. Starr King graduate and Senior Minister Rev. Dr. Bill Sinkford and the worship team from First Unitarian Church in Portland will be worship leaders.
Pastor Jacqueline Duhart
Service of the Living Tradition
Thursday 6/23/2022, 4:00 – 5:30 PM PT
Oregon Convention Center Hall CD
Led by the The Ministries and Faith Development Staff Group, this service honors fellowshipped and credentialed religious leaders; remembering those who have died, recognizing those who have completed active service, and welcoming those who have received fellowship or credentialed status in the past year. Starr King Director of Spiritual Services and 2008 graduate, Pastor Jacqueline Duhart, will deliver this year’s sermon. Live stream is available to the public on UUA.org.
Friendship Lunch (Seated Meal – Registration has Closed)
Friday 6/24/2022, 12:45 – 1:45 PM PT
Hyatt – Regency Ballroom A
This year we’re switching it up and inviting you to join us for lunch! This is an opportunity for alumni and the larger Starr King community to connect over a free catered lunch and catch up on new developments at the school. Attendees will be treated to a special video premiere! We care about your safety. That’s why we’ll be giving everyone extra space at tables, as well as requiring masks remain on when not eating or drinking.
Registration for this event has ended.
Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt
Starr King President’s Lecture
Friday 6/24/2022, 1:45 – 3:15 PM PT
Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Join SKSM President Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt and Rev. Julie Taylor from Meadville Lombard for the 2022 President’s Lecture, Holding Fast: Living Through Collective Trauma. Trauma is an overused word, yet as we enter Year Three of the the COVID-19 Pandemic, endure extreme weather throughout the US, and face threats to democracy it’s clear that we’re living in traumatic times.These are collective traumas; we can understand and survive them; our faith can help.
UU Polity Course
Wednesday 6/22/2022 – Sunday 6/26/2022
Hybrid – In-Person and Online
Students will discover the mechanics of governance by observing Unitarian Universalist polity in action. We will attend plenary sessions, business mini-assemblies, and worship services, as well as meet as a class on Zoom during breaks to process our observations, learn the history of congregational polity in contrast to other polity paradigms, and thus locate our polity in its theological and cultural contexts. Learn more about taking a class with Starr King!
Additional workshops featuring Starr King community members:
Worship Services:
Rituals and Other Sustenance for A Traumatized World
Thursday, June 23, 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM PT
In Person & Livestream – Oregon Ballroom 201-202
Rev. Leslie Takahashi (Adjunct Faculty), Megan Visser (Adjunct Faculty), Michael Macias (Student), and Lea Morris
Lead Ministry Team Installation: Fulfilling Our Theological Mandate
Saturday, June 25, 8:15 AM – 9:00 AM PT
In Person & Livestream – Oregon Ballroom 201-202
Aisha Hauser (Research Scholar), Christina Rivera, Michael Tino, and Aisha Ansano
Webinars:
Co-Creating Community Ministry in Your Congregation
Thursday, June 23, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT
Rev. Terra Collier Young (Graduate), Rev. Betty Stapleford, Rev. Jane Davis, and Rev. Dr. C. Scot Giles
NeuroEthics: Evidence-Based Practices for Anti-Oppression
Friday, June 24, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT
Ellen Lorraine Parks (Graduate) and Jasmine Pulido (Current Student)
The Next Normal In Ministry
Saturday, June 25, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT
Patrice Curtis (Graduate) and Keith Kron (Graduate & Former Faculty)
Workshops/Lectures:
LREDA Fahs Lecture – Ancestral Wisdom and Climate Justice
Thursday, June 23, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT
In Person & Livestream – Oregon Ballroom 201-202
Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt (Graduate & Former Faculty)
Accountability, Justice, and Wholeness: UU Theologies of Liberation
Saturday, June 25, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT
In Person & Livestream – Oregon Ballroom 203-204
Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt (Graduate & Former Faculty) and Dr. Elías Ortega
Social Witness at GA 2022
Saturday, June 25, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT
In Person & Livestream – Oregon Ballroom 201-202
Rev. Mandy Goheen (Graduate), Rev. Dr. Pippin Whitaker, Jessica Star Rockers, and Alison Aguilar Lopez Gutierrez McLeod, DRE
Speaking Justice in the Language of Our Faith
Saturday, June 25, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT
In Person – Portland Ballroom 254-255
Heather Vickery (Student) and Rev. Laura Randall
The Power of Climate Justice
Saturday, June 25, 1:45 PM – 3:15 PM PT
In Person – Portland Ballroom 252-253
Rev. Bill Sinkford (Graduate), Khanh Pham, Eddy Morales, and Jaimes Valdez
